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Dementia & Parkinson’s Caregiving Guidance for Families


About our editorial mission

Alula is an editorial resource for families navigating dementia and Parkinson’s disease. Our writers are clinicians, researchers, and caregivers who’ve lived what they write about — because the guidance families need shouldn’t come from a search engine.

Here you’ll find practical articles on every stage of the caregiving journey: from understanding a new diagnosis to managing daily care routines, coordinating with siblings, and evaluating whether it’s time for memory care or private duty help at home. We cover Virginia and communities across the country.

Beyond the reading, our caregiving platform helps families coordinate the day-to-day — medications, tasks, documents, and updates across your entire care team.

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Recent Articles

Expert perspectives on dementia care, Parkinson’s caregiving, and the decisions families face at every stage.

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Staying or MovingMarch 26, 2026

When Is It Time for Memory Care?

When is it time for memory care? It is a question that arrives quietly at first. A caregiver and daughter shares how her family recognized the signs, faced the decision, and found peace on the other side.

Bridgid Eversole
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Daily CareMarch 19, 2026

What Dementia Behaviors Are Really Telling You

Behaviors are not the person. They are the disease acting on a brain that can no longer regulate itself. A geriatrician and an eight-year family caregiver share what they have learned from living this.

Bridgid Eversole
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Finding HelpMarch 15, 2026

Questions to Ask a Memory Care Facility: A Tour Checklist for Families

A practical tour checklist for families comparing memory care communities, including what to ask about staffing, safety, care plans, costs, and discharge rules.

Jason Eversole
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DiagnosisMarch 4, 2026

What the Doctor Doesn’t See

The other version of a dementia diagnosis — from inside the house, standing next to the caregiver, learning what it means to be one step removed from the grief but close enough to see everything.

Jason Eversole

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Board-certified geriatricians, emergency medicine physicians, and experienced family caregivers. Every article is written or reviewed by someone who has worked directly with families navigating dementia and Parkinson’s.

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